Crime & Deviance
A negative social label that marks someone as different or less acceptable, and can follow them long after the original act
What is stigma?
Ritzer’s term for the process by which the principles of the fast-food industry come to dominate more and more areas of society
What is McDonalidisation?
This sociologist developed the sick role, which sets out the rights and obligations of a person who is ill
Who is Talcott Parsons?
Behaviour that breaks the law and can be punished by the state.
What is crime?
The date of our exam.
When is November 17th?
In labelling theory, the first act of rule-breaking, which has little effect on a person’s identity
What is primary deviance?
A Big Mac tastes the same in Sydney as in Seoul. This is the Ritzer dimension at work
What is predictability?
Being excused from normal duties and not being blamed for the illness are these two parts of the sick role
What are the rights of someone who is ill according to the sick role?
Behaviour that breaks social norms or expectations, whether or not it is illegal.
What is deviance?
The very first Sociology assignment you did this year.
Creative timeline
After being publicly labelled a “criminal”, a young person accepts the label and starts to act in line with it. This is what Becker’s theory calls it
What is secondary deviance (a self fulfilling prophecy)?
Self-serve kiosks and scripted staff greetings are examples of this dimension, where technology and rules limit human discretion
What is control?
Income, housing, education and employment are examples of these factors that shape people’s health
What are the social determinants of health?
Going along with the norms and expectations of a society or group
What is conformity?
How many students are enrolled in Sociology this semester. (30 sec limit - no counting!)
What is 19?
In Merton’s strain theory, this mode of adaptation accepts society’s goals but uses illegitimate means to reach them, e.g. fraud or theft
What is innovation?
In Wallerstein’s world systems theory, wealthy, industrialised nations that control capital and high-profit activity such as design and branding
What are core nations?
When childbirth, menopause or ADHD come to be defined and treated as medical issues, sociologists call this process
What is medicalisation?
The organised way a country funds, delivers and regulates health services, e.g. Medicare
What is a healthcare system?
Miss Merrick's new last name.
What is Huggett?
Name ONE positive function of crime for society (e.g. it reinforces shared values, clarifies boundaries of acceptable behaviour, or can drive social change such as law reform)
What is social cohesion / boundary maintenance / social change?
Garment factories in Bangladesh making clothes for Western brands are an example of this tier, which supplies cheap labour and raw materials
What is the periphery?
A key criticism of the sick role is that it assumes people will recover, so it fits poorly with this type of illness
What is chronic illness (or disability)?
Systematic differences in health between social groups (e.g. by income, Indigenous status or location) that are linked to unequal social and economic conditions
What are healthcare inequalities?
The name of the unit for S1 25/27
What is Understanding Difference?